@kwicker1b_nospam: "[SPOILER ALERT for the series and and season finales of LOST, MAD MEN, and 
kinda BATTLESTAR GALACTICA]
1) LOST's pointless, irritating, arbitrary, character-wasting, 
rerun-episode-watching-negating, character-wasting series finale. BATTLESTAR 
GALACTICA showed how to combine traditional scifi with traditional fantasy 
(hello, from the beginning of the reboot mini-series, they've been pointing 
to the cylon Godand he has a plan). Lost combined the two in the worst way 
possible.
2) LOST's final time-wasting season, with its sidevers-er, excuse me, its 
afterverse stories that added little to the show and its living characters.
3) MAD MEN's season finale. Really? After an entire season building a 
healthy, mature, relationship with the consultant, Don dumps her and 
proposes to his secretarybecause Anna left him a ring in her will? The 
level of coincidences surpassed the cheesiest of romcoms.
Also of note:
Vic Mackey and Darla / Rita are stuck in very disappointing live action 
version of THE INCREDIBLES. They deserve better.
CAPRICA didn't learn to improve and came back with the same pointless 
meandering boring stories.
STARGATE UNIVERSE finally started getting really interesting and embracing 
its scifi rootsso natch it's only then does it get canned.
HUMAN TARGET dumps Bear McCreary, and if that wasn't stupid enough, they 
trade a really great opening theme:
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for this piece of dren:
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and worst of all, the original music works with the new credits:
<url>
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Fandango Encore" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Google it.
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Need to look in the right dictionary:
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It's short for romantic comedy.
 Ken from Chicago "
    @thinbluemime: "On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:44:48 -0500, Ken from Chicago  =
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After ... ABC=E2=80=99s castaways from Lost finally off the air, NBC fel=
t they  =
were poised to become the next leader in serial dramas with their newest=
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prime time offering, The Event.
Since its premiere, The Event has steadily dropped in viewership week to=
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week. So why is a show that put so much money into advertising faltering=
?  =
Short answer: The Event isn=E2=80=99t that exciting or interesting.
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33 Ending or Cancelled TV Shows for the 2010 =E2=80=93 2011 TV Season
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18 to Life (The CW)
A comedic series, about a pair of teens who get married on a dare, didn=E2=
=80=99t  =
register with US viewers. It=E2=80=99s already been renewed in Canada fo=
r a second  =
season. Though the series was confirmed as cancelled in the US, producer=
s  =
have been told that the remaining season one episodes will be run in  =
December and the network might be interested in season two.
100 Questions (NBC)
This sitcom went through a lot of changes before it got to the small  =
screen and was postponed until after the regular season. The ratings wer=
e  =
terrible so it was cancelled after six episodes. The last one aired on  =
July 1, 2010. We never saw Charlotte Payne find her match.
As the World Turns (CBS)
This venerable soap opera was incredibly popular in its day but has been=
  =
struggling for years now. After 54 years on the air, viewers have had to=
  =
say goodbye to the residents of Oakdale. The last episode aired on  =
September 17, 2010.
At the Movies (syndicated)
Movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert began this TV show in 1986 und=
er  =
the title Siskel & Ebert & the Movies. The title changed several times  =
over the years. Siskel died in 1999 and Ebert had to step away during hi=
s  =
battle with throat cancer in 2006. Other hosts replaced them but couldn=E2=
=80=99t  =
recapture the magic of the original sparring critics. It was cancelled a=
nd  =
the last episode aired on August 14, 2010. Ebert later announced that he=
  =
and his wife had plans for their own version of the series.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Cartoon Network)
This animated series teams the caped crusader with lesser-known heroes a=
nd  =
often pays homage to the Adam West TV show from the 1960s. It lasted for=
  =
two seasons before being cancelled.
Big Love (HBO)
The series about a Utah man and his wives comes to a close after five  =
seasons on the air. The last season of episodes will begin airing on  =
Sunday, January 16, 2011.
Breakthrough with Tony Robbins (NBC)
A feel-good show in which motivational speaker Tony Robbins works with  =
troubled families on a personal level didn=E2=80=99t connect with viewer=
s. NBC  =
cancelled the summer series after two episodes. The remaining four  =
installments were released online.
The Bridge (CBS)
This is a Canadian TV show that follows a cop who=E2=80=99s elected to h=
ead the  =
police union. While it=E2=80=99s popular enough in Canada to be renewed =
for a  =
second season, CBS buried it on Saturday nights and, not surprisingly, i=
t  =
didn=E2=80=99t find an audience in the US. CBS cancelled it after three =
episodes  =
but CTV will air season two.
Caprica (Syfy)
The Battlestar Galactica prequel didn=E2=80=99t bring many viewers so it=
 was  =
cancelled after one season. The final five episodes will air in a marath=
on  =
on January 4, 2011. On the positive side, another prequel is in the work=
s  =
and will be more similar in tone to BSG.
Dark Blue (TNT)
A cop drama, which stars Dylan McDermott as the leader of an undercover =
 =
unit, wasn=E2=80=99t much of a success in season one but the cable chann=
el still  =
renewed it. The ratings got lower in season two so TNT cancelled it. The=
  =
last two episodes aired on September 15, 2010.
Entourage (HBO)
A comedy-drama that follows the acting career of Vincent Chase and his  =
boyhood friends from Queens, NY. The pay-for-view cable channel has  =
announced that season eight will be the TV show=E2=80=99s last. The fina=
l batch of  =
episodes are expected to air in Summer 2011.
Friday Night Lights (DirecTV=E2=80=99s Channel 101, NBC)
Centered around high school football in Dillon, Texas, it=E2=80=99s been=
 announced  =
that the critically-acclaimed (but ratings-challenged) television series=
  =
is ending after five seasons on the air.
The Gates (ABC)
The summer serial revolves around a gated community that=E2=80=99s popul=
ated by  =
people with supernatural secrets. Though vampires and magic are very  =
popular with viewers, this one didn=E2=80=99t catch on. It won=E2=80=99t=
 be back for a  =
second season.
Gravity (Starz)
A comedic and dramatic look at an out-patient program for suicide  =
survivors, this television program never found a large audience. It was =
 =
cancelled after 10 episodes with the last one airing on June 25, 2010.
Hannah Montana (Disney Channel)
Miley Cyrus has decided to call it quits and move on after four seasons.=
  =
The final episodes are expected to air by Spring 2011.
Huge (ABC Family)
Nikki Blonsky stars in this drama about a summer weight-loss camp called=
  =
Camp Victory. The series didn=E2=80=99t get enough viewers for the cable=
 channel  =
so it was dropped after just 10 episodes. The =E2=80=9Cseries finale=E2=80=
=9D ran on  =
August 30, 2010.
JONAS LA (Disney Channel)
The trio of Jonas brothers may still be popular with the pre-teens but  =
their TV show never caught on. It began as JONAS with the boys attending=
  =
school on the East coast. The moved west and the show=E2=80=99s title ch=
anged but  =
the ratings didn=E2=80=99t get better. No season three.
Larry King Live (CNN)
In June 2010, venerable interviewer Larry King announced that he would b=
e  =
leaving the grind of hosting his own nightly show after more than 25  =
years. His program will be replaced by one hosted by British television =
 =
personality and journalist Piers Morgan.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA)
Vincent D=E2=80=99Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe return for this venerable cri=
me drama=E2=80=99s  =
final season of eight episodes. They will air in 2011.
Lone Star (FOX)
The critics and some viewers loved it but Lone Star never found an  =
audience. Revolving around a con man who has a conscience, FOX pulled it=
  =
after two nights of disastrously bad ratings. There are four episodes le=
ft  =
unaired.
Medium (CBS)
The network saved the show when NBC cancelled it after five seasons. It =
 =
performed decently on Friday nights last season but, this year, the  =
ratings have taken a serious hit. CBS cut the season order to 13  =
installments and that will be the end of it.
My Boys (TBS)
Revolving around a female sports writer in Chicago, this sitcom ran for =
49  =
episodes and four seasons. TBS cancelled it so we=E2=80=99ll likely neve=
r find out  =
how the story of PJ and her friends comes to a close.
My Generation (ABC)
A new drama that follows a group of high school students some 10 years  =
after they graduated. The series stumbled out of the gate and ABC pulled=
  =
it after two episodes had aired. The remaining six have been released  =
online.
No. 1 Ladies=E2=80=99 Detective Agency (HBO)
Produced in conjunction with the BBC, this series follows a small  =
detective agency in Botswana, run by Mma Ramotswe. The show is finished =
as  =
a TV series after seven installments but may return as a pair of movies.=
Outlaw (NBC)
Jimmy Smits has had some good luck and some bad luck on TV. Unfortunatel=
y,  =
this drama about a former Supreme Court Justice was ignored by most  =
viewers. NBC cancelled it after four episodes had aired. The remaining  =
four installments were shifted to Saturday nights.
The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
The queen of daytime talk is stepping down and will launch new programmi=
ng  =
on the new OWN cable channel in Fall 2011. The final episode of Winfrey=E2=
=80=99s  =
syndicated show will air on September 9, 2011
Party Down (Starz)
Following a group of aspiring writers, actors and misfits as they work a=
s  =
a catering team, this series ran for two seasons and 20 episodes. The la=
st  =
episode, which was hardly watched, ran on June 25, 2010.
Persons Unknown (NBC)
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in small town and are under=
  =
constant scrutiny of security cameras. The show tanked in the ratings on=
  =
Monday nights and was shuffled off to Saturdays, the TV graveyard. NBC  =
promoted it as a self-contained series but plenty of things were left  =
unresolved by the end. The finale aired on August 28, 2010.
Rubicon (AMC)
A conspiracy thriller that takes place in a government intelligence agen=
cy  =
was highly praised but not highly watched. The 13th and final episode  =
aired on October 17th.
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Showtime)
Star and executive producer Billie Piper signed a deal for the fourth an=
d  =
final season of this UK series. They=E2=80=99ll begin airing on ITV2 in =
late  =
January 2011. There=E2=80=99s no word yet on when they=E2=80=99ll run in=
 the US.
Smallville (The CW)
After 10 seasons, it looks like Clark Kent will finally become Superman.=
  =
Will we get to see the man of steel slip on the familiar blue and red  =
tights before the end? We=E2=80=99ll have to wait and see.
Undercovers (NBC)
An action-comedy series that revolves around a husband and wife spy duo =
 =
never really got off the ground. The peacock network has decided against=
  =
ordering anymore episodes, effectively cancelling the TV show.
The Whole Truth (ABC)
This legal series starring Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney had lousy premie=
re  =
numbers and the ratings seemed to sink lower every week. It=E2=80=99s no=
t known if  =
the network will get around to airing all of the episodes.
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    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Adam H. Kerman" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Ah, I take it you mean this:
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Poor, poor Daniel Faraday.
There, there, you watch reruns of BSG all you want to erase the yuckiness of 
the LOST finale from your mind.
True, but her time in terrorville as a mole was tiresome.
Mmm, early 1970s theme music.
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It's so ... Mannix!
 Ken from Chicago (who's in living color) "
    @thinbluemime: "On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:51:08 -0500, Adam H. Kerman <email_address> wrot=
e:
<quote>
 2011 TV Season
Besides the few long running shows in the list, how is this list of shor=
t  =
lived series pointless in a thread titled,
"Top tv disappointments for 2010"
BTW, I avoided nearly all the shows and opted out to read the list  =
instead. It saved me countless hours of worthless television viewing and=
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all the accompanying commercial ads.
If you look at the list, Lost is exceptional TV, when the apparent short=
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lived shows must nearly all have been disappointments for 2010.
BRUBAKER: The year that Alan Moore was at San Diego I was working at a  =
booth with a retailer and [the late Marvel and DC writer-editor] Archie =
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Epic Comics line [which Goodwin edited at the time]. I was 17 or somethi=
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and he asked me who my favorite writer was and I said, =E2=80=9CAlan Moo=
re. I just  =
think he=E2=80=99s so original.=E2=80=9D He said, =E2=80=9CLet me tell y=
ou something, kid. There  =
are a few things that I=E2=80=99ve ever learned that have stuck with me =
about  =
writing.=E2=80=9D He said, =E2=80=9COriginality is completely overrated.=
 Alan Moore isn=E2=80=99t  =
great because he=E2=80=99s
original. There are only five ideas in the world. Alan Moore is great  =
because of the way he tells those stories.=E2=80=9D
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Er no, sounds like you need to watch it again.
Not really, its perfectly within Don's character to do as he did. We're
just conditioned to expect that the lead character of a show who is at
least somewhat sympathetic will make a rational decision that will lead
to him becoming a better character. When the opposite happens we don't
like it, it doesn't make it a bad episode just a downer of one.
Agree.
[snip]
The changes to Human Target rank as one of my biggest disappointments.
"Past hope. Past kindness or consideration. Past justice. Past
satisfaction. Past warmth or cold or comfort. Past love. But past
surprise? What an endlessly unfolding tedium life would then become." -
Deadwood"
    @thinbluemime: "<quote>
I sampled a few of the shows and decided most were not worth my time. So I  
used the list as Clift Notes, I saved time, eyeballs and frustration.
Not everyone agrees of course, but it is common knowledge that Lost was  
not canceled, Lost was followed closely for 6 years, the 6th season DVD  
sales look good, and Lost still has a loyal fan base. Lostaholics  
Anonymous: The Finale, Part 2
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If my plumber plumbed, like Hollywood writes, we'd be knee deep in dookie.
<url>"
    @dtravel: "<quote>
The syndication market is alive and well.  Stations still need to fill 
the hours after the last news & before the morning shows; the mid-day & 
afternoon hours not filled by the network soaps; and the weekend hours 
not filled by sports.
"There's something that doesn't make sense.  Let's go and poke it with a 
stick.""
    @dtravel: "<quote>
What he said.  It helps if you keep in mind that the show is about a 
man's slow _self-destruction_.
"There's something that doesn't make sense.  Let's go and poke it with a 
stick.""
    @nobody: "On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:44:48 -0600, "Ken from Chicago"
My top TV disappointment for 2010 is the cancellation of Terriers.
Everything else pales in comparison."
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<quote>
Can't give you that; bad as LOST's finale was, BSG's was equally bad. 
Both reached back and spat on the series, and reached out and spat on 
the viewers.  The only reason LOST feels worst is because there was a 
time when LOST was actually good.
I'd have said Benjamin J. Grimm, but, yeah.
If only it had never nwilliams@example.net.
Terrible, terrible retool.
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<quote>
I'm at the point I wish it hadn't come nwilliams@example.net.
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @dtravel: "<quote>
Blame the rise of cable then.  Its probably more responsible for 
whatever exactly your complaint is than CW.  There are still plenty of 
unaffiliated OTA broadcast stations in the major markets.  Any that 
joined Fox when it started got replaced with new ones, many of which 
then joined CW when _it_ got started and have in turn been replaced by 
still newer ones.
"There's something that doesn't make sense.  Let's go and poke it with a 
stick.""
    @nobody: "On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:10:35 -0600, "Ken from Chicago"
<quote>
Yep, it got less awful, the last four or five episodes of the series
were actually watchable.
Her time at home whining about husband and daughter was even more so."
    @the_stan_brown: "I'd add /Persons Unknown/, which had a really great premise but 
worked it out in such a boring way that I gave up after a few 
episodes.
And /The Walking Dead/, which was eagerly awaited and started very 
strongly but quickly let the ridiculous take over.
And the cancellation of /The Gates/, despite an excellent first 
season.
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
                                   <url>
"Children  so adorable. In a way they're like people."
                             Veronica, on /Better Off Ted/"
    @dtravel: "<quote>
Cable became the place where first-run syndication went to.  Most of the 
various cable-produced new shows are basically just that.  Cable 
channels need to fill their schedules too.
I do recall.  A couple of the networks have second stations here too and 
I can still come up with half-a-dozen unaffiliated English-language 
local stations without trying plus the Spanish language stations/networks.
"There's something that doesn't make sense.  Let's go and poke it with a 
stick.""
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Adam H. Kerman" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Gotta agree. CBS is the meat and potatoes network. They bring out the 
comfort food of tv, with a few twists in the seasoning. HAWAII 5-0 has been 
enjoyable, right along with NCIS.
However NO ORDINARY FAMILY has actually proven worse then some of the tween 
shows on ABC Family. KYLE XY did better (that is, less cringe-inducing) teen 
angst than NOF.
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""KoshN" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
Scott Caan is hysterically funny ("I wear a tie because I want to look like 
a professional."). Too bad he busted his knee during shooting of the show. 
It's why he's been on the sidelines more.
 Ken from Chicago (who doesn't get the love affair CBS has with Alex 
O'Loughlin or did he same some exec's life or what)"
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Stan Brown" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
For such a short season, it would have been better for it to have ended with 
episode 5 with the opening of the CDC doors and the glowing light. That was 
far more epic. The season 6 ending was more ... meh.
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Adam H. Kerman" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Who?
I'm pretty sure Grace Park ain't playing "Kono".
How say you on yon BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?
 Ken from Chicago "
    @Obveeus: "<quote>
I was disappointed that the show didn't focus more on the teen girls and the 
virtual world, but at least this show was watchable.
Here are a few category breakdowns for Top 2010 TV disappointments:
Shows that had potential, but turned out to be not worth watching:
The Event, Nikita, Undercovers, Better With You, Rizoli&Isles, and Walking 
Dead.
Shows that were good, but the horrible TV audience shunned them to death (or 
is in the process of shunning them to death):
Detroit 1-8-7, Outsourced, My Boys, My Generation, and Men of a Certain Age.
Dead airspace on TV when there is nothing to watch:
With Survivor moving off of Thursday, the night is now totally dead aside 
from Outsourced.
Nothing to watch on primetime Sunday outside of sports (NFL/NASCAR).
Networks that diverge from their 'one true path' in search of viewers.
Syfy picks up Smackdown.
MTV further abandons music in favor of pregnant teenagers, slutty drunks, 
and greasy dirbags.
Biggest TV disappointment of 2010:
Andy Whitfield getting sick, delaying the show and eventually not being able 
to continue his role in Spartacus:  Blood and Sand. "
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<quote>
Having now read the comics and seeing how badly the showrunner screwed 
it up, I have no hope for season 2.
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<email_address>,
<quote>
I knew it would be this bad; Orci
I knew it would be this popular; Orci
You don't watch for Grace Park?
Which at this point would include Hawai'i 5.1
And some slob Aussies as well.
And, amazingly, we got worse.
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<quote>
You'd be pretty wrong.
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<email_address>,
<quote>
CSI-H has a lead with more charisma.
Yes, I said it, and I'm sticking by it.
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Fandango Encore" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
"Google it" is a rude?
It was a suggestion to find the answer quickly, and to find future answers 
quickly. In this case, the very first search result would have answered the 
question.
A lay audience, true. An audience that specialize in discussing popular 
culture, possibly.
To show there were quicker alternatives to finding the answer than waiting 
on my reply. For example what if someone had mentioned a "romdram"? The 
seventh google search result gives an answer as it relates to popular 
fiction (as opposed to computer memory). Then again, in light of knowing 
what a "romcom" is it might be easier to suss out what a "romdram" is.
That said, yes, I've posted questions that could be googled but often the 
nature of the question could result in a variety of possible answers that 
may or may not relate to a discussion in question.
Then sometimes I've posted the question without thinking about it so I could 
continue reading the thread without getting sidetracked on a search, or 
sometimes it was the easiest out for me.
 Ken from Chicago (who occassionally passes out fishing poles as well as 
fish) "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Anim8rFSK" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
I can't imagine a universe where Jethro Gibbs has less charisma than Horatio 
Caine.
 Ken from Chicago "
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<quote>
I was talking about H5.1
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Fandango Encore" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
So then by that logic "Ask politely next time, and I may" and any other 
you-understood sentence would be rude.
Except many know and use terms specific to tv and movies. "Romcoms" is 
actually a commonly-used phrase used in the past half decade.
<url>
(You can google "romcoms" and click on timeline option of the search tools 
to see it show up in spurts in the '70s and '90s, but had a continuous use 
in the 2000s and a rise in use since the mid 00s.)
I answered your question after pointing there additional resources to answer 
them. How many seconds did it take to read the whole reply versus reading 
part of the reply, and responding to segments of it individually?
Or more to the point, how many additional seconds did it take to go from 
seeing that the answer could indeed be googled, that there were dictionaries 
that had the term "romcom" in them, to me answering the question directly? 
Was it an extra 3 seconds? 5? 7?
That, I agree with. I hadn't realized in 2010 there were some people reading 
about popular fiction who had never even heard of the word "romcom".
That all said, I'm sorry I phrased my answer in a way that confused and 
later offended you. That was not my intention. I genuinely was simply trying 
to show there were alternatives than waiting on me (esp since sometimes I'll 
not respond to a thread or subthread for days, weeks or months on end).
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""KoshN" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Ah, now that makes sense (the Alex part, not the killfiling you part, who'd 
want to killfile a vorlon?!!?!).
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Anim8rFSK" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Ah, much more logical (Alex could stand to wear shades, and a full suit, 
like he does in the opening credits and that he hasn't done once in the 
series), however. Kosh explained it all.
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Seapig" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Sad, but not since Commodore Business Machines' mismarketing of the Amiga 
have I seen so great a mismarketing undermine a truly great product.
P&R was from the previous regime and tv execs tend to be about promoting 
their own works.
Last year or decade ago?
I preferred Letterman's monologues, but like most latenight hosts the celeb 
interviews can be so scripted to be cringeworthy.
Much less to support the marketing. Way too busy. They have some charismatic 
leads but then they are undermined by poor or worse, mediocre, writing.
They do. They have Alias's storiesminus Rambaldibut including the "real 
life" folks who don't know about the spy stuff, but who are being drawn into 
the spy side (I.e., the sister was on the phone with a big secret).
 Ken from Chicago "
    @dtravel: "<quote>
Wait, a Vorlon explained something?  That's not a Vorlon, its a Fauxorlon!
"There's something that doesn't make sense.  Let's go and poke it with a 
stick.""
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<quote>
PV is in my killfile, but he morphed his address.
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<quote>
More that that, at least as far back to where he backstabbed Carson and 
stole his show.
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @defaultuserbr: ""Ken from Chicago" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
Please don't feed the Seamus.
Brian
Day 685 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project.
Current music playing: None. "
    @janeanddano: ""Seapig" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
I'm a long time devotee of Dave myself.  I like Kimmel some.  Ferguson has 
taken the genre to a new place.  Very creative.  His stream of consciousness 
monologues are amazing sometimes.  But I too think Fallon has come a long 
way.  Damn shame he's up against Craig head to head.  I've started watching 
Fallon more often and I really think his "nice guy" persona works well for 
him without seeming phony in the least...the way Leno's does now for me.
Sadly, I think Dave has lost a lot off his fastball.  I really find he seems 
to mail it in quite often now.  I watch for certain guests that click with 
him...like Amy Sedaris.  I have to wonder if he might want to walk away 
soon.  He can't need the money and he has only so much time to be a dad.  He 
could hand it off to Ferguson and work as much or little as he wishes. "
    @janeanddano: ""Seapig" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Yeah.  Letterman too.  That's why HE'LL never last either.  :/
We need a good political satirist on late night.  Like Leno.
The reason these guys thrive is BECAUSE they don't do much political humor I 
suspect. "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Anim8rFSK" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Nice touch when Carson appeared with Letterman on the debut on CBS.
The torch was passed.
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Seapig" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Some people love the puppy dog enthusiamsome prefer the cool ironic 
detachment.
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Dano" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
Stewart and Colbert own political humor.
SNL is the one thing consistently does the best at, and usually what they 
open their shows withthen run screaming from a zillion miles an hour from.
 Ken from Chicago "
    @drache: "<quote>
Personally, I much prefer test patterns to those things; you could turn 
on a channel before the morning news and do something while you waited 
for it to begin without nausea.
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
<url>"
    @pgalimatias: "<email_address>>, <email_address> says...
<quote>
I've never watched Fallon, can't stand Ferguson and won't watch Letterman 
since learning of his preying on female employees.  I've taken to watching 
replays on public television.
0000001000000100000110001000011010001111110010111011101000010000"
    @bubba: "<quote>
Here they are and, yes, they're split-screen:
<url>
I remember that the IBM exhibit at the 1964 New York World's Fair
showed a film that was projected on six or nine very large screens
mounted closely together, and the effect was an enormous split-screen. 
Maybe it comes from there."
    @meow: "<quote>
What? No, it was August 6, 1999. I should know  I was there for its 
opening weekend.
More info > <url>"
    @flowerysong00: "<quote>
That's the remake.  The original was, as stated, 1968 and used split
screen to great effect.
<Knghtbrd> If we're both right (I'm guessing we are) I'm Not Very Happy.
* Minupla hands you the understatement of the year award."
    @ANIM8Rfsk: "<quote>
IIRC Mannix has always had the "9 up" boxes with him running on the 
bridge; I recall being disappointed that that sequence never actually 
happened on the show.  :)
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says""
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Mister Whiskers" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:ifiniq$nfb$<email_address>
<quote>
Youngin!
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""Mister Whiskers" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:ifmt29$10c$<email_address>
<quote>
That was the best James Bond flick Pierce Brosnan did.
 Ken from Chicago "
    @kwicker1b_nospam: ""KoshN" <email_address> wrote in message 
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<quote>
<snip>
Stewart / Colbert all the way! They can switch from cool detachment to puppy 
enthusiasm on a dimeand back.
 Ken from Chicago "
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